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From a quiet garden in Bath, the universe changed forever. In 1781, William Herschel looked through a telescope he had built himself and discovered Uranus - the first planet ever found with a telescope. Herschel began life as a musician, but his passion for the night sky transformed him into one of the great astronomers of his age. His sister Caroline worked by his side, making discoveries of her own and becoming one of the first women recognised in science. Two musicians who reached for the sta